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Paperback Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens Book

ISBN: 1606060996

ISBN13: 9781606060995

Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens

In the 1790s and early 1800s, the art world experienced two big events: First came the military confiscation of masterpieces from Italy and northern Europe in order to build a universal museum in Paris's Louvre. Then famous marble sculptures were prised from the Parthenon and sent to London. These events provoked reactions ranging from enthusiastic applause to enraged condemnation.

The French art critic, architectural theoretician, and...

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